Fastening device



July 10, 1934. CHARRON 1,966,161

FASTENING DEVI CE Fil'ed April 25. 1932 flZax ai arfiom Patented July 10, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FASTENING DEVICE Alexander Charron, Fall River, Mass.

Application April 25, 1982, Serial No. 607,450

1 Claim. (01. 20-92) This invention relates to fastening devices and 16 and a pair of parallel arms 1'7 extending thereparticularly to a two part fastener of simple confrom at right angles, but being of less length than struction for use in fastening wood or similar the corresponding arms 13 of the male member, material, for example, as a box-fastener or as a and a pair of hooks 18 at the extremities of the 5 bonding or tying agent in building construction. arms 17, the points 19 of these hooks being 60 It is an object of this invention to provide a parallel to the arms 1'7.

fastener which eliminates the necessity of using In the operation of the device, the points 19 nails. of the female member 11 are first driven into one A further object is to provide a device which piece of material so that the arms 1'? lie flat upon Will be of easy appliance to the things it is desired the material. The base portion 12 of the male (55 to fasten. member 10 is then inserted between the arms 1'? Another object is to provide a fastener which of the female member 11 and the points 15 are will grip and hold together in a very secure driven into the other piece of material as shown manner the pieces of material it is desired to in Figures 3 and 4. fasten. The male member 10 is then bent by any suit- (0 With these and other objects in view, the inable instrument, such as a screw driver 20, as vention consists in certain novel features of conshown in Figure 5, so that it is looped over the struction and combinations and arrangements of female member 11 and then hammered to a posiparts as will be more fully hereinafter described tion as near the surface of the fastened materials and claimed. as is practical. 7 5

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying Various slight changes might be made in the drawing, forming part of this application, in general form and arrangement of parts described which without departing fro-m the invention, and hence Figure 1 is the male portion of the device, I do not limit myself to the precise details set Figure 2 is the female portion of the device, forth, but consider myself at liberty to make 80 Figures 3 to 6, inclusive, illustrate the succeschanges and alterations as fairly fall Within the sive stages in the application of the device in the spirit and scope of the appended claim. fastening together of two pieces of material. I claim:

Referring to the drawing, I have shown therein A fastening device comprising a substantially a fastener comprising a substantially U-shaped U-shaped member having comparatively short male member 10 and a similarly shaped but extensions extending at right angles from the shorter male member 11. legs of the member in parallel relation to each The male member comprises a base portion 12 other and from the same side of the member and and p o parallel arms 13 eXtending thereterminating in return bent spikes parallel to the 3-5 from at right angles and having a pair of hooks legs and a similarly constructed relatively longer 14 at their extremities, the points 15 of these member adapted to pass through the first member hooks being parallel to the arms 13. for interengagement therewith.

The female member comprises a base portion ALEX. CHARRON. 

